Cooperative Agreement F19AC00415

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $2,606,862.14 Cooperative Agreement to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization based in Ashland, Oregon. The funding is provided through the BLM's Forest and Woodlands Resource Management program (CFDA 15.233) and will support the implementation of the Rogue Basin Cohesive Forest Restoration Strategy and the Klamath-Siskiyou Strategic Conservation Action Plan. The Cooperative Agreement will fund 250 acres of oak...

The Green Forests Work Landscape Scale Restoration Program: Restoring Shortleaf Pine project grant was awarded on August 24, 2021 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region. With $207,910 in funding provided over a three-year period concluding June 30, 2024, Green Forests Work, Inc. will deliver services to restore shortleaf pine forests in Kentucky. The award is being made through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664), which...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance (CFDA 15.674) program provides $300,000 to the Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization, to conduct fuels reduction and habitat restoration activities on 300 acres of land adjacent to the communities of Fort Jones, Etna, and Callahan, California. Key project activities include removing or thinning...

The Lomakatsi Restoration Project, a non-profit organization, will receive $1,000,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the National Fire Plan-Wildland Urban Interface Community Fire Assistance program (CFDA 15.674). The funding will support continued maintenance of severely fire-prone areas within the Ashland All-Lands Forest Restoration project boundaries above Ashland, Oregon through activities such as...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded Old Wood, LLC $450,000 under the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFDA 10.679) from September 2, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The funding will support projects to promote healthy watersheds and reduce wildfire risks in New Mexico's forests through improving forest ecosystem functioning and plant and tree diversity. Specifically, Old Wood will deliver services around building up the base of the state's forest industry at the...

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $281,264.44 Cooperative Agreement under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228) to Greenbelt Land Trust, Inc. This funding supports the organization's efforts to restore oak habitats, promote healthy conifer forests, and manage a climate-resilient landscape. Key project activities include: Reducing flammable brush and ladder fuels on approximately 80 acres of forest edge and...

This $1,200,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will fund longleaf pine restoration and habitat enhancement projects on state, private, and tribal lands across the Southeast United States. The prime awardee, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), will work with sub-grantees including the American Bird Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, The Longleaf Alliance, and the Land Trust For Louisiana to...

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve received a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region on August 21, 2021 to complete work by August 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to support endangered species habitat restoration and fuel reduction efforts in the Pine Barrens of Albany, New York. Specifically, the funding will assist the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in...

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will receive $300,000 through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct wildfire risk reduction activities under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program. From September 2022 through August 2026, the Preserve will perform fuel reduction and habitat restoration work in the Albany Pine Bush to control rural and wildland fires. The Cooperative Fire Assistance program aims to assist non-federal...

This $375,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) supports the Birds of Prey NCA Partnership (BOPP), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Idaho. Through this 5-year award from September 2024 to September 2029, BOPP will: Conduct habitat improvement activities on public lands managed by the BLM, including exotic weed removal, native plant installations, and native...